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| Short Biographies of the Amy Bailey is a mother of a seventh grade student, architect, and project manager, has worked with the Academy as a member of the Parents Committee from the outset. She also served the Academy as clerk of the works during our recent renovations to the schoolhouse. Amy and her pediatric dentist husband live in Exeter and are members of Temple Israel in Portsmouth. Amy serves as the Treasurer of the Board.
Charles G. Bickford, PhD., began his career as a professor of medieval literature and college administrator. He served as the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Humanities Council for 18 years, during which time the organization gained national recognition for innovative humanities programming. Since his retirement from the Council in 2001, Bickford has been a visiting professor at the Foreign Language College in Vietnam and the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Most recently, he served as the interim President of Strawbery Banke and The American Boychoir School. Charles and his wife Barbara, an award-winning photographer, retired to Portsmouth this fall where one of their four children live.
Christina Doykos Breen taught at St. Mark's School for five years, recently at the Brooks School, and now at Phillips Exeter Academy. She and her husband, Jim, have three young boys and live in Rye, New Hampshire where she runs Breen Educational Consulting. Christina has been the principal architect of our curriculum and serves the Academy as Director of Secondary School Advising.
Alexander S. Costello teaches English at Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts. He has worked as a lawyer and as an award-winning Editorial Page Editor of the Lowell Sun. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Lowell Plan that works for the revitalization of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts and is a member of the Board of Governors of Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell. Alex and his wife have two daughters who presently attend Brooks School. Not surprisingly, one of Costello's interest is Irish History. The Costellos live in Hampton, New Hampshire.
Richard F. Davis taught for 37 years at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. Among his boarding school duties, Rich was Head of History Department, Head Crew Coach, Head of Humanities, and Head of House. He continues his teaching and coaching of 21 years in the St. Paul's Advanced Studies Program. Rich and his wife, Peg, have three children and have retired to Rye, New Hampshire. Rich navigated air refueling planes in the Air Force, stationed in Portsmouth. Rich is a member of the St. John's Church.
Blair Linen Demers spent five years working for a start-up educational non-profit in San Francisco, CA called SMART. The program provided educational opportunities for underpriviledged, talented middle school students, and worked closely with the city's independent middle schools. Blair served as the organization's Program Director, Executive Director, and Development Director over the course of her time there. She now lives in Portsmouth, NH with her husband and three young children. Blair graduated from St. Paul's School in 1992. Blair serves as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
Peg Gaillard has been a successful entrepreneur and active community volunteer. Her business activities include serving as President and Founder of Pottery at Your Place, an innovative direct sales company she successfully sold in 2005. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester and as Senior Warden of Christ Church Episcopal, Exeter, New Hampshire. She was co-chair of Christ Church's 2006 capital campaign and until recently was an Advisory Board member of Hampstead Academy in Hampstead, New Hampshire. Peg holds a BA from Wellesley College and lives in Exeter with her husband and three children.
The Rev. Canon Charles Lafond serves the Diocese of New Hampshire as the Stewardship Officer. His hobby is pottery at which he also excels. Earlier in his life Charles was a missionary teacher in Cap Hatien, Haiti, West Indies and then the corporate Vice President, YMCA of Greater Richmond, Virginia. After receiving his Masters of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary, he served as Associate Rector at The Church of Our Saviour in Charlottesville, Virginia. He began his move back north toward his birthplace, Montreal, Canada, when he became an Episcopal monk in the Society of St. John The Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With his experience in a Dutch Reformed high school in Canada and in stewardship, Charles serves as Vice Chair of the Development Committee. The Rev. Daniel W. Morrissey, O.P. currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Health Services at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Daniel is a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order. He taught religion for ten years at Phillips Exeter Academy and held the Chair of the Religion Department. He has retired to Hampton, New Hampshire. Hilary B. Parkhurst presently also serves as a Trustee of St. Paul's School. Hilary has taught at Michael J. Quinn is a Director and Managing Director, Portsmouth Office of the McLane, Graf, Raulerson, and Middleton Law firm. Mike focuses on environmental law and has been recognized as Woodward's Best Lawyers in America -- Environmental Law. Mike serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Seacoast Family YMCA and Secretary of the New Hampshire Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership. The Quinns' son attends Seacoast Academy and was in the first class of the Academy in 2007. The Quinn family lives in Newfields, New Hampshire. Ann G. Remus recently retired as the Superintendent of Schools in The Rev. Canon Timothy Rich serves as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of New Hampshire. While Rector of St. John's Church in Portsmouth, Tim felt the need for an independent school that could engage students around the full spectrum of spiritual questions. Tim and his wife, Meghan, have two young daughters. Tim is the Board's Vice Chair and Chair of the Development Committee. Melissa Greer Solomon has worked for U. S. Senators Howard Baker, Warren Rudman, Bob Dole, and William Cohen. She has worked also for law firms in Sean M. Tracey, President of Sean Tracey Associates, is a creative advertising strategist/consultant for advertising agencies throughout the country. His peers have honored him with many awards. Sean serves as an alumnus interviewer for the Brown University Admission Office. He performed professionally as a jazz pianist and trumpeter for over 12 years. Sean lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two young children. The Traceys are communicants in St. John's Church in Portsmouth, NH. E. Scott Votey, the Former Head of School of Green Hedges School, is the Head of School of Seacoast Academy. Scott has taught for 30 years in independent schools and most recently as a member of the Faculty of Christ Episcopal School in Rockland, Maryland. Scott and his wife, Linda have been active with the youth and outreach ministries of their church and have traveled several times to Nicaragua to work in a village with their church group. Scott and Linda have a daughter in college.
Gussie Wilson happily returned to New England in 2008, after having lived in California for the last 30 years. During that time, she was involved in public education, both on a volunteer and professional basis. Gussie served as a director of the Hillsborough Schools Foundation, which raised money to support the public schools, and was the recipient of the ERIC award, given periodically to directors who make outstanding contributions. She was Executive Director of the Hillsborough Concours organization, which annually produced six events to raise money for the public schools, and she also served as a Trustee for the Hillsborough City School District. Gussie is a 1972 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, for whom she now interviews applicants for the Admissions Office. She has had articles published in national and regional magazines and newspapers and before returning to the Seacoast area, was a successful real estate agent, with annual sales of over $10,000,000. She has three outstanding children, aged 26, 23 and 20, and two magnificent yellow labs, and a cat who makes her laugh.
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